\n Analysis\n <\/p>\n
\n Breaking down all the strengths of Adelaide’s game as the Cats prepare for another blockbuster clash in Round 2\n <\/p>\n
Geelong’s start to the season does not get any easier this weekend, as they prepare to head to the City of Churches for a clash with Adelaide in Round 2.<\/p>\n
In nine AFLW seasons, Adelaide have won three premierships, finished runners-up once and made another two preliminary finals, the most successful club in the competition’s history.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Cats have come close to toppling the Crows in recent clashes with the last three matches decided by a combined 17 points, but Geelong are yet to defeat Adelaide during their AFLW history.<\/p>\n
Check out the main strengths of Adelaide’s game ahead of Sunday’s clash at Thomas Farms Oval.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Round 1 Results\u00a0<\/p>\n
Geelong 3.3 (21) def by Kangaroos 8.3 (51)<\/p>\n
Adelaide 2.7 (19) def by St Kilda 6.5 (41)<\/p>\n
Recent History – Geelong v Adelaide<\/p>\n
GAME
\nHOME
\nAWAY
\nVENUE<\/p>\n
2024 – Round 10
\nGeelong 4.4 (28)
\nAdelaide 4.8 (32)
\nGMHBA Stadium<\/p>\n
2022 (S7) – Round 9
\nAdelaide 4.6 (30)
\nGeelong 4.4 (28)
\nUnley Oval<\/p>\n
2020 – Round 3
\nGeelong 6.2 (38)
\nAdelaide 8.1 (49)
\nGMHBA Stadium<\/p>\n
Deakin Performance Stat of the Week – Adelaide’s Efficiency Inside 50<\/p>\n
The Crows were very solid during the 2024 season with their conversion rate inside 50, kicking a goal on 16.1% of their inside-50 entries throughout the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In Round 1 however, the Saints were able to stifle that efficiency and held Adelaide to just two goals from 50 inside-50 entries, holding them to 19 points which played a big factor in the result.\u00a0<\/p>\n
During Geelong’s most recent clash with Adelaide, the Cats conceded 12 scoring shots from 34 inside 50 entries, a facet of the game they will need to improve in on Sunday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Crows Player to Watch – India Rasheed<\/p>\n
While most of the attention will typically go to Adelaide’s established AFLW stars, India Rasheed has immediately put her best foot forward as one to watch in the Crows line-up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In her AFLW debut last week, the young midfielder impressed collecting 16 disposals and five marks, while also registering a pair of score involvements to have a significant impact.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rasheed also pushed forward to kick a goal in Round 1, showing plenty of the potential that saw her selected with Pick No.13 in the 2024 AFLW Draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Where Geelong Can Improve – Ball Movement<\/p>\n
The Cats matched the Kangaroos in a number of statistics during their Round 1 clash, but one area they struggled in was their ball movement through the middle of the ground.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Geelong matched their 2024 season average with a total of 237 disposals, winning the clearance battle (24-23) but they were only able to convert that into 26 inside-50 entries, 10 less than the Kangaroos.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If the Cats want to mount a strong challenge against the Crows this weekend, they will need to find more effective avenues to goal and improve their ball movement in the forward half.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Analysis Breaking down all the strengths of Adelaide’s game as the Cats prepare for another blockbuster clash in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":["post-86427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}